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Jeremiah 18:6

“O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

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ASV

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

KJV

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲכַיּוֹצֵ֨רha.khai.yo.Tzer¿ like the potterH3335 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
אוּכַ֨ל'u.Khalam I ableH3201 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemto <the> you
בֵּ֥יתbeitO house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
כַחֹ֙מֶר֙kha.Cho.merlike the clayH2563 →
בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadin [the] hand ofH3027 →
הַיּוֹצֵ֔רhai.yo.Tzerthe potterH3335 →
כֵּן־ken-soH3651 →
אַתֶּ֥ם'a.TemyouH859 →
בְּיָדִ֖יbe.ya.Di[are] in hand myH3027 →
בֵּ֥יתbeitO house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.Romans 9:20–21But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?Jeremiah 18:4But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’Daniel 4:23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’Romans 11:34“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”Job 10:9Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?Job 9:12If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’Job 33:12Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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